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Gaotou - Seen From S319 SE Of Town - DSCF3147
Chongming, formerly known as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China covering as of 2010. Together with the islands Changxing and Hengsha, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, its population was . A stretch of the north shore of the island is not part of Chongming District of Shanghai but are instead two pene-exclaves of Jiangsu, formed by the connection of Chongming to the formerly-separate island of Yonglongsha. Etymology The island is named for Chongming, an early settlement on the island of Xisha that was named for its placement on relatively high and clear ground. History Present-day Chongming first developed as two separate shoals—Xisha and Dongsha—during the Wude Era (AD 618–626) of the Tang dynasty. These were initially about apart and located south of the larger island of Dongbuzhou ( t , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiyong
Haiyong () is a Towns of the People's Republic of China, town of Haimen District in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. Together with neighboring Qilong Township, Qilong, it forms a list of enclaves and exclaves#Subnational pene-enclaves.2Fexclaves and inaccessible districts, pene-enclave of the province on Chongming Island, most of which belongs to the province (PRC), province-level municipality (PRC), municipality of Shanghai. Haiyong presently covers about and had a population of 5,004 during the 2000 Chinese census, year 2000 census. Location Haiyong is a pene-enclave bordered on the south and west by Shanghai's Chongming County, on the east by Qidong City, Qidong's Qilong Township, and on the north by the Yangtze. Because of its unusual position, it is sometimes described in Chinese as "Shanghai in Jiangsu" or "Haimen on Chongming". It is located about from downtown Shanghai and from Shanghai's Pudong International Airport. History Yonglongsha, a shoal in the channel of the Yangtze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
